NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
Rich in culture & wildlife, Cairngorms National Park, the largest in the U.K., is located in the Highlands of this country
Scotland
This other nickname for the Jazz Age is said to come from a boating term for latitudes with strong winds
The Roaring Twenties
This highest peak in the lower 48 is at the eastern border of Sequoia National Park
Mount Whitney
This economic -ism that uses tariffs to bolster domestic industry helped get William McKinley elected in 1896
protectionism
It's located in the province of Leinster
Dublin
This indigenous name for Easter Island is also the name of the national park that features all 900 or so of the iconic statues
Rapa Nui
The queen is dead, long live the king & let's build homes in the style of this era that followed the Elizabethan Era
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Katharine Lee Bates wrote "America The Beautiful" after visiting this mountain & has a statue in Colorado Springs
Pikes Peak
This agency that collects tariffs at U.S. ports of entry was formed in 2003 as part of the Dept. of Homeland Security
CBP (Customs and Border Protection)
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Serbia's capital, it was formerly the capital of Yugoslavia
Belgrade
The most famous feature of Venezuela's Canaima National Park, it has an initial plunge of 2,648 feet
Angel Falls
Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid oversaw the Islamic golden age from this city; the caliphate ultimately collapsed in 1258
Baghdad
Just north of the Alps, these mountains in France & Switzerland may get their name from a word meaning "forest"
the Jura Mountains
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Aimed at boosting economic recovery after WWII, the General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade led to the creation of this group in 1995
the WTO
In 2019 St. Paul, Minnesota added a new sister city, this capital of Somalia
Mogadishu
A popular trekking destination, Simien Mountains National Park contains this country's highest peak, Ras Dejen
Ethiopia
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India
Mansa Musa I recruited scholars & architects to go to Timbuktu during the height of this 4-letter West African empire
Mali
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BantuThe highest point in the Atlas Mountains is this peak that's south of Marrakech
Jebel Toubkal
Tariffs were a major source of government revenue until 1913, when passage of this constitutional amendment led to a federal income tax
the 16th
Locals in this central American country call the capital Tegus for short
Honduras
After visiting Banff, head north to this adjoining national park to see its incredible glaciers & wildlife
Jasper National Park
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During the so-called Pax Romana, Roman general Varus lost to Hermann the German in the Battle of this forest in 9 A.D.
Teutoburg Forest
To complete the Seven Summits, you have to top this Antarctic mountain
Vinson Massif
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senate.gov called this 1930 piece of tariff legislation "among the most catastrophic acts in congressional history"
Smoot-Hawley
You need 2 sets of double letters to spell this capital of a Baltic state
Tallinn